Project Youth: Youth Homelessness Matters Day 2024

WATCH | Project Youth: Youth Homelessness Matters Day 2024

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00:00 Imagine a high school you don't see. There are no teachers, no students and no bells

00:09 ringing. Instead there is silence. Silence that speaks volumes about the invisible crisis

00:15 of youth homelessness. 958 young people are turned away each year from Project Youth.

00:22 958. That's equivalent to an entire high school left empty. The empty halls echoing

00:28 with a crisis hidden in plain sight. It's easy to overlook the high school you don't

00:34 see. After all, homelessness doesn't always look the way we expect it to. It's not always

00:40 sleeping rough. Sometimes it's hidden in the shadows of our own community with young people

00:44 sleeping on couches or in unsafe and overcrowded housing. Every young person deserves a safe

00:51 place to call home. Help us ensure that no young person is left behind in a high school

00:56 we don't see.

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